How wonderful it is nobody need to wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
From Habakkuk 3:19: “God, the Lord, is my strength; He makes my feet like the feet of a deer and makes me tread upon the heights.”
Anne Frank (1929-1945) was a German-born Jewish girl. Her much celebrated diary chronicled her family’s life while hiding in an Amsterdam attic.
Everything takes time. Bees have to move very fast to stay still.
Almost anything that you pay close, direct attention to becomes interesting.
David Foster Wallace (1962-2008) was an American writer and university professor of creative writing.
If there were one great message I could deliver to those who struggle with not having an abundance of this world’s goods, it would be this simple yet profound promise for happiness: Great wealth is not related to money! In a word, the secret is contentment.
From Proverbs 16:8: “Better is a little with righteousness than large income with injustice.”
Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it.
All things great are wound up with all things little.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) was a Canadian writer. In 1908, she published her first novel, Anne of Green Gables.
Be in love with your life, every detail of it.
One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.
Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) was an American novelist and poet.
When the tempest rages, in the Rock of Ages I will safely hide. Though the earth be shaking, and all hearts be quaking, Christ is at my side.
From Psalm 61:1-3: “Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer. From the end of the earth I call to You, when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I, for You are my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy.”
Johann Franck (1618-1677) was a German public official and lawyer. However, he was best remembered as a poet and writer of hymns.
In praising or loving a child, we love and praise not that which is, but that which we hope for.
Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was a German polymath. He has been considered one of the most influential writers in the German language.
Answered prayer is the interchange of love between the Father and His child.
From 2 Chronicles 7:12-15: “Then the Lord appeared to Solomon in the night and said to him, ‘I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain or command the locust to devour the land or send pestilence among My people, if My people who are called by My name humble themselves, pray, seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.'”
Andrew Murray (1828-1917) was a South African Christian pastor, writer, and teacher. He believed that Christians should always place a great emphasis on maintaining a rich, personal devotional life.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
When a man starts to build a world, he starts first with himself.
Langston Hughes (1901-1967) was an American writer and social activist. He was an influential leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
God will use failure in your life to break down that strong desire in your heart to see your name in lights. And when He finally breaks you of that lust for recognition, He may place you before the lights like you’ve never imagined. But then it won’t matter. You won’t care if you’re prime time of small time, center stage or backstage, leading the charge or packing the baggage. You’re just part of the king’s army.
From Galatians 5:26: “Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another.”
